据ICIS网站7月14日伦敦报道 欧盟统计局周二公布的数据显示，尽管一般工业生产以两位数的百分比增长，但欧盟5月份的化学品生产产出却停滞不前。

欧盟27国的化学品产量5月份增长0.2%，欧元区19个国家的化学品产量下降0.1%，当月该地区的一般工业表现明显不佳。

欧盟更广泛的工业部门的产出月环比增长11.4%，欧元区增长12.4%。

化工产品增长速度之间的差距可能部分是由于汽车生产的复苏，汽车生产在4月份和3月份的部分时间基本上处于下线状态后，5月份开始回升。

在一些国家，化学品密集型工业的产出下降至半个世纪以来从未有过的水平。

欧元区5月份耐用消费品生产月环比增长54.2%，资本品产出增长25.4%。

汽车行业是一个关键的化学品终端市场，但库存过剩是许多行业的一个因素，生产商可能仍在利用现有库存。

与2019年5月相比，欧元区工业产出同比下降20.5%。

法国和意大利的化学制品生产商分别增加了11.1%和7.4%，而德国公司仍然处于低迷状态，传统上被视为欧元区工业引擎的产量连续第三个月萎缩至-5.4%。

增长最快的是罗马尼亚，化学品产量增加了44.7%，而收缩最严重的是爱沙尼亚的生产商，该国的产量月环比下降了23.4%。

王磊 摘译自 ICIS

原文如下：

Europe chemicals output stagnates as industry surges

EU chemicals production output was stagnant in May despite double-digit percentage increases in general industrial production, according to data from statistics body Eurostat on Tuesday.

Chemicals output grew 0.2% in the 27-country EU and contracted 0.1% in the 19-country eurozone month on month in May, significantly under-performing general industry in the regions that month.

The wider industrial sector increased output 11.4% month on month in the EU and 12.4% in the eurozone.

The disparity between the pace of growth in chemicals could be due in part to the resurgence of automotive production, which started to gear back up during May after being essentially offline through April and parts of March.

Output in the chemicals-intensive industry fell to levels not seen in half a century in some countries.

Eurozone durable consumer goods production rose 54.2% month on month in May while capital goods output rose 25.4%.

The automotive sector is a key end market for chemicals, but inventory overhangs are a factor in many sectors, and producers may still be working through existing stocks.

Year on year, industrial output remained down 20.5% and 20.9% in the EU and eurozone compared to May 2019.

Chemicals producers in France and Italy increased output 11.1% and 7.4% respectively, while German firms remained in the doldrums, with production remaining in contraction in what is traditionally seen as the engine of eurozone industry for the third consecutive month at -5.4%.

The sharpest expansion was seen in Romania, where chemicals output increased 44.7%, while the deepest contraction was suffered by players in Estonia, where production fell 23.4% month on month.